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Food box delivery service HelloFresh receives seven refrigerated Mercedes-Benz eVito vans

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Many customers would like to change their vehicle fleet over to sustainable drive concepts and, especially in urban zones, to operate their routes using battery-electric vans. In September 2019, the special refrigerated eVito was used by HelloFresh as part of a four-week pilot project in order to check its suitability for everyday use.

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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

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BASF plans to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site. In January 2019, the company signed a Framework Agreement setting out further details of the plan. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

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BASF plans to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site. In January 2019, the company signed a Framework Agreement setting out further details of the plan. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

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BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at new $10B Verbund site in Zhanjiang

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As part of the company’s plan to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site based on cutting-edge technologies, the new plants will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

So it’s a good moment to consider where vehicle-to-grid concepts first emerged and to see in Utrecht how far they’ve come. Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter This isn’t the connection utility that lets you run some phone apps through the car’s screen; Android software actually powers the interfaces for phone, navigation, and other functions—including truly excellent voice recognition.